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Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI
(www.theregister.com)
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I tried the new iPhone 16 Pro. They should be ashamed of what they've created. If that's their flagship phone, then I can't even imagine how glitchy their base models are. It felt like a Fisher Price OS compared to Android. I returned it after two weeks. My several year old Pixel Pro can do more stuff more reliably than Apple's brand new flagship device.
I have the 14 pro and my sister recently got the 16 base model. I don't know why, but the pictures from her newer phone looked like a major leap backwards in quality. Also, the latest OS does feel like its features were written in crayon and that its waiting to kick off its training wheels. I can't fully describe it: it's not clunky or clumsy, it just feels like something is missing from the experience. I've never really felt this way from a phone version upgrade before.
There's that, but it was really glitchy too. Siri only worked half the time. The subtitles would start and then stop after a couple sentences and need to be restarted constantly. There were a never ending stream of glitches. Text selection is still awful. It's just not a good phone compared to the competition. I will say that it looked and felt nice though. The build quality of the actual hardware seemed good.
That's so funny, I found it so light that I was somewhat scared to touch it. Then again, I've been known to yell at clouds concerning my age.